NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 7, 2022
Ngesikhathi seCuban Missile Crisis it ngokuvamile kwakuvunyelwe e-United States ukusho ukuthi usekela izingxoxo zokuthula nokuncishiswa kwezikhali - Ngisho ngaphandle kokumemezela inzondo yakho ngeShayina noma ama-liberals noma abantu abamnyama. Ukube bekungenjalo, ngabe asikho lapha ukuze sikhulume ngakho.
Kodwa kwakungenjalo ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe I. Ngaleso sikhathi, wawungase uvalelwe ejele ngenxa yezingxoxo zokuthula. Ukube bekunezikhali zenuzi ngaleso sikhathi, ngabe asikho lapha ukuze sikhulume ngakho.
Kuyasiza, ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu yokuqhubeka nokusebenzisa impi njengendlela ekhethwayo yokuqeda impi, ukukhumbula okwesikhashana ukuthi iMpi Enkulu yayiyini - ukuthi kwakuyizinga elisha elisha le-imbecilic horror, ukuthi bekuwukugxuma okukhulu phambili emandleni. ukubulala, abaqashiwe hhayi kuphela ngokumelene - phakathi kwabanye - "abantu abamhlophe", kodwa futhi abaqashwe kakhulu phansi - hhayi kude kakhulu kangangokuthi labo abakwenzayo bangakugwema ukukubona.
Phakathi kwama-biproducts athandekayo e-WWI (ubhubhane lomkhuhlane obulalayo, i-KKK ezelwe kabusha, ukwenqatshelwa, ukuqoshwa kweYurophu eMiddle East ngezimpi ezizayo, ubuNazi, itshe lesikhumbuzo sakamuva ngo-2022 eWashington DC) kwakuyisibhicongo sase-Armenia, esibhalwe kamuva. ngoba ngesikhathi se-WWI ingxenye enkulu yalabo ababulawa ezimpini basengamasosha, kanti kusukela ku-WWII phambili, iningi labantu abafa ngokuvamile kube izakhamuzi, kwatholakala ukuthi ukubulawa okubi noma ukuqothula kwakungeke kwenziwe emoyeni.
Nakuba kungekho impi bekungaba lula ukuyigwema I-WWII, akukwazi nokucatshangelwa ngaphandle kweWWI, ukudalwa kwayo okungekho muntu ozama ukukuthethelela. Manje sisesikhathini lapho kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi izimpi kufanele zikhethwe, nokuthi ukuthulisa amazwi e-anti-war kungenye yezindlela zokuzikhetha.
Novemba 11, 2022, Usuku Lwesikhumbuzo/I-Armistice 105 - okuyiminyaka eyi-104 kusukela iMpi Yezwe I yaphela eYurophu (ngenkathi iphelile waqhubeka amasonto e-Afrika) ngesikhathi esimisiwe sehora le-11 ngosuku lwe-11 lwenyanga ye-11 ngo-1918 (nabanye abengeziwe abangu-11,000 befile, abalimele, noma abalahlekile ngemva kokuba isinqumo sokuqeda impi sasifinyelelwe ekuseni kakhulu. - singangeza "ngaphandle kwesizathu," ngaphandle kokuthi kungasho ukuthi yonke impi yayingenxa yesizathu esithile).
Ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba, ikakhulukazi kodwa hhayi ezizweni zeBritish Commonwealth kuphela, lolu suku lubizwa ngokuthi uSuku Lokukhumbula futhi kufanele kube usuku lokulila abashonile nokusebenzela ukuqeda impi ukuze kungabe kusadalwa abafile bempi. Kodwa lolu suku selwenziwa impi, futhi i-alchemy eyinqaba ephekwe izinkampani zezikhali zisebenzisa lolu suku ukutshela abantu ukuthi ngaphandle uma besekela ukubulawa kwamadoda, abesifazane nezingane abengeziwe empini bazohlambalaza labo asebebulewe.
Kwaphela amashumi eminyaka e-United States, njengakwezinye izindawo, lolu suku lwabizwa ngokuthi yi-Armistice Day, futhi lwahlonzwa njengeholide lokuthula, okubandakanya nohulumeni wase-US. Kwakuwusuku lokukhumbula ngokudabukisayo nokuphela kwempi okujabulisayo, nokuzibophezela ekuvimbeleni impi ngokuzayo. Igama laleli holidi lashintshwa e-United States ngemuva kwempi yase-US eKorea kwathiwa yi “Veterans Day,” iholidi elalisekela impi lapho amanye amadolobha ase-US enqabela amaqembu eVeterans For Peace ukuthi amashe emigidini yawo, ngoba usuku seluzwakala njengo usuku lokuncoma impi - ngokungafani nokuthi yaqala kanjani.
Iminyaka yawo-1920 kwakuyisimo sokusekela ukuthula okunzima ukusicabanga manje. Ukuthi izinhlobo zabantu zingadlula ku-WWI futhi zingaqedi impi nezikhali mhlawumbe zikutshela konke noma ubani oyoke adinge ukwazi ngabantu. Kodwa ngenkathi siselapha, kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi bekuwucingo oluseduze, ukuthi imizamo emikhulu yenziwa ukuqeda yonke impi, ukuthi umhlaba empeleni. impi engekho emthethweni, kodwa ukuthi abathengisi bezikhali baphumelele ekugcineni, umculo nenkulumo-ze yaqala kabusha, futhi - njengoba nje uBiden evinjiwe kuphela esikhundleni sikamongameli isikhathi esithile ngemuva kwempi yase-Iraq - ukugqugquzelwa kwempi kwanqunywa kuze kube yilapho kukhunjulwa iMpi Enkulu yaqala ukufiphala.
Enye indlela esinayo yokubuyisela isiko lokuthula namuhla ukubuyisela ukuthula kwangaphambilini amaholide. Kumele yenza usuku lwe-Armistice / Remembrance lube usuku lokulila zonke izisulu zempi futhi ukhulumele ukuphela kwayo yonke impi. Indaba evela osukwini lokuqala lwe-Armistice lwesosha lokugcina elabulawa e-Europe empini enkulu yokugcina emhlabeni lapho iningi labantu ababulawa bekungamasosha igqamisa ubuwula bempi, futhi kufanele ihlale ikhunjulwa njalo.
UHenry Nicholas John Gunther wazalelwa eBaltimore, eMaryland, kubazali ababesuka eJalimane. Ngo-September 1917 wayebuthelwe ukusiza ukubulala amaJalimane. Lapho esebhalele ekhaya evela eYurophu echaza ukuthi impi yayimbi kangakanani futhi ekhuthaza abanye ukuba bagweme ukubuthwa, wehliswa esikhundleni (nencwadi yakhe yahlolwa). Ngemva kwalokho, wayesetshele abangani bakhe ukuthi uzozibonakalisa. Njengoba umnqamulajuqu ka-11:00 ekuseni usondela ngalolo suku lokugcina ngo-November, uHenry wasukuma, ephikisana nemiyalo, futhi ngesibindi wabeka isibhamu sakhe ezibhamu ezimbili zamaJalimane. AmaJalimane ayazi nge-Armistice futhi azama ukumsusa. Wayelokhu esondela edubula. Lapho esondela, ukuqhuma kwesibhamu esincane kwaqeda ukuphila kwakhe ngo-10:59 am uHenry wabuyiselwa isikhundla sakhe, kodwa hhayi ukuphila kwakhe.
Wayezothini uHenry ngemva kwalokho, ukube wayekwazi? Sizothini ngemva kwe-apocalypse yenuzi uma sikwazi? "Bekufanele, ukumelana noPutin"? Yini enye enye ngemva kweminyaka eyikhulu eyayingacabanga ngalokho uma bekwazi ukucabanga ngokuntula kwabo ukuphila?
